 THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is...  Sacred Poetry - Page 431854 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,...hath blown , That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. 8. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...SENNACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue ware rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host... | |
 | English essays - 1822 - 494 pages
...XIX. 35. The Asyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars...when autumn hath blown, That host, on the morrow, lie wither'd and strewn. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breath' d in the... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...resemblance to the old Scotch song of " the Flowers of the Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green,}...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one poem, which touches with great elegance the... | |
 | John Watkins - Poets, English - 1822 - 476 pages
...resemblance to the old Scotch song of " the Flowers of the Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one 220 HEBREW MELODIES. poem, which touches... | |
 | Arminianism - 1819 - 996 pages
...June, 1818. 2 KINGS xix. 35. The Asyrian came down like the wolf on the And his cohorts were gleami: gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars...Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer ia Whose bright accomplishments we find, Kept him from faults of vulgar kind, And all their sad distresses.... | |
 | John Watkins - Poets, English - 1822 - 452 pages
...the Forest." The stanza alluded to is this ; " Like the leaves of the forest, when summer is green,1) That host, with their banners, at sun-set were seen...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown." It would be unjust to pass unnoticed part of one 220 HEBREW MELODIES. poem, which touches... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...SETCACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. 2. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 394 pages
...SENNACHERIB. 1. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars...hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. > 3. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1823 - 310 pages
...SEMNACHERIB. I. THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold ; And the sheen of their spears was like stars...When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. II. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were... | |
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